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How it all began
A blue eyed boy
grew up 977 miles away from the brown eyed girl from that
little Minnesota town. 23 years and 3280 miles later they happened to
find each other playing volleyball in a town that neither lived
in.
Lisa moved
from Minnesota to the bay area after college in January
of 2000 to be a teacher and to be closer to her siblings that already
lived
in the area. She spent a lot of time with her sister's family in
San
Mateo, and happened to find a group of people playing softball and
volleyball
in the San Mateo recreational leagues.
Josh
moved down the coast from Oregon, for his first job after
college in June of 2000. For the first few months, he was living
in San Mateo. Not long before he moved up to live in San
Francisco,
a neighbor, Tim, approached him about playing in a volleyball league.
So Lisa
and Josh met through a recreational volleyball team that played once a
week. Josh always looked forward to volleyball and drinks when
Lisa
was going to be there. Even after Lisa moved 20 miles South (the
opposite
direction of Josh), she continued the league, and not just for
drinks! Living
50 miles apart they didn't really get a chance to see each other
outside
of volleyball. To fix that Josh would suggest that everyone join
him
in San Francisco for some fun outdoor volleyball in the park. But
Lisa
was never able to make it. Unfazed, Josh also asked if she wanted
to join
him at other gyms and other games. That never really happened
either. But eventually, Lisa's hectic schedule had an open
weekend. She asked if
Josh wanted to meet in the park to play. And thus, Lisa takes
credit
for asking Josh out :)
Finally!
Lisa and Josh play volleyball in the park all afternoon.
Afterwards, Josh invited Lisa to stay in the city for dinner... Their
first date! They visited Bella Pizza for a quick bite before
trying
to
catch a glimpse of the Chinese new year parade. Even though they
missed the
parade China-town still provided some fun walking, talking, and
interesting
shopping. Afterwards, they visited a pool hall where Josh
proceeds to "let
Lisa win" the first game. But he cleaned house on the next
couple. :) Josh really knows how to show a girl a good time!
Fast
forward three years past countless concerts, road trips, camping trips,
a trip to Hawaii, precious time with friends and family, and too much
fun to express here. On their third anniversary, February 2004,
Lisa and Josh had plans to go out to dinner to celebrate. They
had
reservations for the Grand View restaurant, a very nice place over
looking
San Jose that they had visited once before. Josh had to hide the
ring
in his jacket the entire night, and couldn't even offer his jacket to
Lisa
as they stood outside in the cold. As dinner wrapped up, Josh
pulled
out the ring and before he could even ask, Lisa was grabbing for the
ring,
squirming in her seat and squealing, "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme!". Josh
made
her say 'Yes', first.
On
July 1st, 2006 We hope you will join us for the exciting
conclusion to "How it all began" which will coincidentally also be the
exciting beginning to our lives together . |
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